Civil justice in Italy: recent trends

Silvia Giacomelli, Sauro Mocetti, Giuliana Palumbo () and Giacomo Roma
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Giuliana Palumbo: Bank of Italy

No 401, Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) from Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area

Keywords: In this paper we document the changes in the functioning of the Italian civil justice system in the current decade. We highlight that the measures undertaken in recent years have helped to reduce the number of new cases and; therefore; the number of pending cases. However; the number of resolved civil cases has also decreased; following the decline in new cases. On the basis of the available data; this pattern does not seem to be explained by the increased complexity of cases judges have to handle. The length of proceedings remains very long; with significant differences between courts; which may reflect; among other things; organizational inefficiencies. The empirical evidence suggests that the recent geographical reorganization of the court system does not seem to have yet improved the system�s efficiency; but has contributed to the decline in the new ordinary cases. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-10
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